Tuesday, May 12, 2015

Draw Muhammad Day, Freedom Of Speech And The Tongue Of Fire

Draw Muhammad Day, Freedom Of Speech And The Tongue Of Fire

Now that the dust has settled a little
bit regarding the debate regarding the Pamela Geller's “Draw Muhammad Event”, I want to take the time to share a Biblical
world-view on the what occurred in Texas last week. I want to in fact
will be discussing here the fruit of drawing political cartoons and
the use of provocative words towards our others, including whom we
deem as our enemies.

Looking at United States History, we
Americans have a long and rich filled past related to stating our
mind whenever we feel like it. Our First Amendment of the United
States Constitution guarantee's our right to speak openly and bluntly
to, and about anyone or anything we want. We even have the right to
openly criticize and make threats towards our public government officials here. There is very little speech that is not deemed
unconstitutional, minus one that the U.S. Supreme Court in 1964 made
a precedent decision with in Brandenberg vs. Ohio. This is where the
Supreme Court found that there is a portion of free speech that(is)
not guaranteed under the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution,
“synonymous with an action that the speaker believes goes beyond
the rights guaranteed by free speech, reckless or malicious speech,
or an action whose outcomes are obvious.”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shouting_fire_in_a_crowded_theater.

So the bottom line for all Americans is
this, we have pretty much a liberty to speak our minds as long as we
do not state something that would be construed as “reckless and or
malicious.” We are even allowed to lie to others if we feel like
it. Indeed, freedom of speech is a wonderful right given by God
Himself. To have such a right however also carries with it an equal amount of responsibility. Many Americans freely use their rights under the
United States Constitution, including freedom of speech, but how many
use that speech wisely ? By the looks of things in Texas, not very
wisely at all.

By my last statement, some of you are
already thinking I am condemning Pamela Geller for her “Drawing
Muhammad” event, I am not. In fact, as I shared earlier in this
article, America has a long and rich history of free speech including
drawing political cartoons. One can easily open up an unrevised
American History book for school children as see some of the
political cartoons drawn from even before the American Revolutionary
War. Characturers of King George III being hung with a rope were at
that time rampant in pamphlets and newspapers. For several hundred
years in this nation, ordinary citizens have been given the right to
express themselves with these cartoon characturers and this is
because of our First Amendment of Speech. No one can nor should deny
that fact.

A question however must be asked
regarding what is the fruit of publicly displaying such
characturers and speech that offends others. What I mean by this
question is this, as we saw in Texas, there are those who do not take
kindly to drawings and speech that is offending to them. In the case
of drawing Muhammad, once again it is important to remember that
America has a history of making drawings of those whom “We The
People” oppose, especially during wartime. Often throughout World
War II, our newspapers and movies were filled with political sarcasm
and hate towards Hitler of Nazi Germany and Tojo of Japan. But that
was during wartime. Are we also at war with Muhammad and or all of
Islam ? I believe many of you will identify ISIS, Al Queda and other
Islamic Terrorist Organizations as the reason to draw political
cartoons and as the very reason Pamela Geller held her “Draw
Muhammad Event”, but is not Muhammad also the Prophet of all of the
peaceful Muslims as well ? Are we at war with them also ?

Again, and please hold the hate mail to
me, I am not defending Islam, Islamic Terrorism or any type of attack
upon America or our US Constitution, I am simply asking questions
that should reach the very heart and soul of every Bible believing
Christian and good American as well. I'm asking all these questions
of you because I see no good Biblical fruit from drawing pictures of
someone or something that simply pisses someone, or a group of people
off. As I mentioned earlier, during World War II, many in the media
as well as other Americans openly mocked Hitler and Tojo, but we were
at war with them and their armies at the time. During war time, we
shoot to kill those whom we opposed and considered them our enemies.
We were not just drawing characturer of them, our weapons of war
were very active against them. Are we in a war with ISIS, Al Queda,
all of Islam ? If we are, no one has yet to go before the US Congress
and declare War against Islam and Islamic Terrorists.

If we are at a stage of an undeclared
war, shouldn't “We The People” now officially declare war, stop
playing silly and childish games that only incites hate and retaliation against us ? A very serious and quite appropriate questions
to ask. And while we consider declaring war against Islam, ISIS and
Al Queda, “We The People” should also seriously consider
declaring war on Biblical Christians as well. With all the recent
laws purposely passed to oppose Biblical Christianity which includes
so called “art” that put's Jesus in a jar of urine and approving
Marijuana and Gay Marriage Laws as well, aren't those acts also
likened to an act or war against God also ? Passing anti-Biblical
laws and making such art is indeed likened to giving the middle finger
to God(of the Bible)and spitting in Jesus' face. It's too bad that
Americans no longer understand the Biblical principles “of building
up(edifying) and tearing down.” US Citizens apparently have no idea
that it was our American Founding Fathers which declared we receive
all our rights from God yet we are losing our rights today because so
many here play the(dangerous) game of offending the God who granted
us our rights in the first place.

Wisdom from the Bible tells us to be
prudent with what we speak, and what we do. 1 Corinthians 10:23
specifically declares that "I have the right to do anything, you
say--but not everything is beneficial. 'I have the right to do
anything'--but not everything is constructive.” Clearly, if any of
us wishes to speak, or draw charcturers of others, let us remember
that yes, we have that right to do so in this nation(for today), but
let us also remember that it should be the Cross of Christ and the
Holy Spirit and not the “flesh” that guides our speech and
actions. Media moguls such as Bill O'Reilly and Pamela Geller
apparently do not have the ability to listen to God's Spirit. Bill
O'Reilly, with his bogus religious reasons to ridicule the event, and
Pamela Geller, who used the flesh to create the “Draw Muhammad Day”
event in the first place, know not wisdom from God of the Bible. If
Muhammad is Pamela's enemy, she then should be ready to wage war against all Islam,
and ready to kill, or be killed. The same axiom is also in effect and
should be realized for Bill O'Reilly and all Americans who give God
of the Bible the middle finger(figuratively or otherwise) and spit on
Jesus' face by rejecting His word as well. Be ready for further
retaliation from others whom we offend, including God Himself because
we think not thoroughly before we speak or act by putting on events
that simply only angers our enemies and does nothing to either bring
them to repentance in Jesus, or permanently removes them.

Is it your heart's contention to speak
words and draw cartoon characturers as to only piss off your enemies, and
just enough to make them want to kill you, or are they spoken and
done as a matter of war against a people that you hate ? Americans
need more than ever the Holy Spirit to tame their tongues of fire and
gather wisdom from God, the giver of right's in this “free”
nation. James declares in 3:6-8 “And the tongue is a fire, a world of
iniquity. The tongue is so set among our members that it defiles the
whole body, and sets on fire the course of nature; and it is set on
fire by hell. For every kind of beast and bird, of reptile and
creature of the sea, is tamed and has been tamed by mankind. But no
man can tame the tongue. It is an unruly evil, full of deadly
poison.”

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